Winter storms across the US leave at least 4 dead, thousands without power

Major winter storms blanketed much of the Midwest and the East Coast on Sunday and Monday, resulting in at least four deaths so far, thousands of flight cancellations, and roughly 238,000 people without power. 

The four deaths occurred in Missouri, Kanas, and Texas. One man was fatally injured while shoveling snow in Missouri on Sunday, Jackson County officials said, per NBC News. 

Two people were killed in Kansas in a weather-related crash in southwest Wichita on Sunday. The fourth person was found dead in Houston on Monday morning outside of a bus shelter. The cause of death was cold weather, but the Metropolitan police are investigating the incident. 

The winter storms also left over a thousand motorists stranded in Missouri over the past two days, and the Missouri State Highway Patrol has responded to over 350 crashes. 

Flights were also impacted by the storms, with airlines delaying more than 7,500 flights and canceling over 2,200 flights at the time of publishing, according to data from FlightAware. 

The weather also left more than 300,000 people without power across seven states on Monday, but the number lowered to approximately 238,000 in six states by time of publishing, per Poweroutage.us. 

Virginia saw the highest amount of customers without power at time of publishing, with 58,987 people reporting the loss. But widespread outages were also reported in Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Missouri, and West Virginia.

 Misty Severi is a news reporter for Just The News. You can follow her on X for more coverage.